Betway Official Grand National Betting Partner Handicap

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 1m 1.52s

(6)

Eternal Sun²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Gabriele Malune⁽³⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 77| CD

10/3

C&D winner in December who remains in excellent form despite steadily nudging up the weights; tends to get going late and was unable to reel in today's rival Warrior's Valley (Mininggold third) when beaten 1L over C&D in March; now 3lb better off.

Form: 181-342

(5)

Warrior's Valley^p,t⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 75| BF| CD

6/4

In fine fettle since late January (1,2,7,1,2,1,2); three-time C&D scorer who is 3lb worse off for beating today's rival Eternal Sun (Mininggold third) by 1L over C&D in March; a career best effort is required off this mark.

Form: 271212

(2)

Point Zero^b,e/s⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 74| CD

14/1

Enigmatic character who has already won three-times at Southwell (5f-6f) in 2019; chances are that the handicapper is in full control; plenty to find with the likes of Warrior's Valley, Eternal Sun and Mininggold based upon a C&D clash last month.

Form: 135105

(3)

Dapper Man²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Sanderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 72| D

12/1

Hasn't appeared to be in peak form since returning from a winter break, dropping a helpful 8lb in the handicap (AW rating); effective on this surface in Class 6 handicaps in 2018; trainer took this race in 2018 with Imagine If (33/1).

Form: 5476-00

(4)

Jack The Truth^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: George Scott| OR: 71| CD

4/1

Reasonably consistent this winter without finding a winning opportunity; has fallen back to a workable mark and is effective on this unique racing surface (5f-6f); others make slightly more appeal.

Form: 363535

(1)

Mininggold^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Paula Muir⁽⁵⁾| T: M Dods| OR: 68| CD

5/1

Back-to-back C&D scorer over the festive period; sits 3lb above her last winning mark but doesn't have too much to find with today's rivals Warrior's Valley and Eternal Sun (beaten 1½L) based upon their C&D clash last month.

Form: 61-1363

Forecasts

Warrior's Valley (6/4), Eternal Sun (10/3), Jack The Truth (4/1), Mininggold (5/1), Dapper Man (12/1), Point Zero (14/1)

Many of these are on first name terms with one another, with all bar Jack The Truth contesting the Class 4 handicap won by Warrior's Valley over C&D last month. On that occasion ETERNAL SUN got going far too late, and was beaten 1L by the front-running winner, with Mininggold hot on their respective heels in third. Therefore, a chance is taken that Ivan Furtado's 4yo filly can extract her revenge on the David Griffiths-trained runner on 3lb better terms today.